Maritime Workers Union employs beneficiaries of deceased workers

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has employed two family members of its deceased members to replace them.

The President of the Dockworkers’ Chapter of the MWUN, Mr Adewale Adeyanju, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the gesture was to support the families that had lost their breadwinners.

NAN reports that Messrs Samson Onyonya and Pius Ifah died on active service at the Lagos port in September.

Adeyanju said, “The next-of-kin of each of the deceased dockworkers will immediately take up the appointments formerly occupied by our deceased members.

“We have to do this because they have lost those who provided for them, and the best we can do is to ensure that their families are not left to suffer.

“One of them, the late Pius Ifah, has a family with children who are still of school age. So, besides feeding them, they have to continue their schooling.